Adjustable bed-table.



Y. LUBAS.

ADJUSTABLE BED TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-21.1917.

1,280,257, Patented 001;. 1, 1918.

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YOSHEP LUBAS, crrrcaeo, ILLINOIS.

To ail whom it may concern: I I I Be it known that I, Yosnnr Luan a citizen of the United States, residing .at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Adjustable Bed-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of'theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethesame.l

a This invention relates to improvements in table attachments for beds.I y

The object of this invention is to provide a table capable of beingsecured to any type of bed whereby it may be moved into various adjustedpositionswith relation to thebed by the occupantof the bed or otherpersons.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter, which will be simple, practical and comparatively inexpensivein construction, and one that can be manufactured and sold ata low cost.

With these and other objects in view,1ithe invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tableattachment as applied to a bed,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view illustrating the partsconnected together,

Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view,

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a bed of the type ingeneral use and comprises a head board 6, a foot board 7, and connectedtogether by the side rails 8, and end rails 9. The foot board and headboard are each provided with spaced transversely extending brace bars10.

My improved attachment comprises a standard 11 having a vertical member12 and a horizontal member 13. The horizontal member has its endterminating in a bearing eye 14 and the lower end of the vertical memberhas secured thereon a bevel gear 15, which gear is adapted to mesh witha bevel gear 16 carried by one end of the stub shaft 17 which stub shaftis rotatably supported in the bearings 18, which bearings have seewsmanBEZD TABLE.

1 Sp e'cificatioh of Letters Patent. Application filed November 21,1917. Seria11 T0.203,186;

Patented cured thereto the hooks 19 which; are adapted to be arrangedover one of the braces. 9 of the foot board of the bed to support thestub shaft thereto. I The stub shaft is provided and has formedintegrally therewith the collars 20 which are arranged on opposite sidesof the bearings 18 toprevent longitudinal movement of the stub shaftwith relation thereto. The verticalmember 12 .of the standard isjournaled in a bearing 21removably supported on the IfootIboard by thehooks 22 which are formed integrally with thewbearing, A bracketi23issubstantially U- shaped and has its arms terminating into bearings 24,one of which bearings is rotatably supported about the vertical member12 of the standard, and this standard is held against vertical movementby the stop collar 25 which abuts one of the bearings 24L The oppositebearing is journaled to one endof the stub shaft 17 as illustrated inFig. 20f the drawing.

The free end of the stub shaft has formed integrally thereon a bevelgear 26 which is adapted to mesh with a bevel gear 27 formed on one endof the shaft 28, which shaft is removably supported upon one side railof the bed by the hooks 29, which hooks have formed integrally therewith the bearings 30, which rotatably support the shaft 28. The shaft 28is held against longitudinal movement by the col lars 31 formedintegrally with this shaft and on opposite sides of the bearings 30. Thefree end of the shaft 28 has formed integrally therewith a bevel gear 32which is adapted to mesh with the bevel gear 33 formed integrally withthe shaft 34:, which shaft has formed integrally with its upper end acrank handle 35, which facilitates the rotation of the gear 33, shaft 28and standard 11. The shaft 34: is journaled to the side rail bearings 36carried by arm 37, which arm is formed integrally with the bearing 38journaled upon the shaft 28. The bearing has formed integrally therewithand depend ing therefrom an angular arm 39 which has a bearing 10thereon which has journaled therein the lower end of the shaft 34 topermit of its free rotation.

The vertical arm 41 has one end reduced as at 42 forming a shoulder d3,which reduced end is journaled in the opening 1a in the horizontalportion 13 of the standard 11 and the shoulder abuts the under sidethereof. A wing bolt 441: is screw threadably mounted upon the reducedend 42 and bears against the upper side of the member 13 and holds thearm 41 against rotational movement With relation to the member 13 of thestandard. The lower end of the arm 41 is bent laterally in a horizontalplane as at 45 and has secured thereon a table 46, thus it can be seenthat the table may be arranged at any angled position with relation tothe member 13 through the medium of the wing bolt 44.

In operation, it is only necessary for the crank handle to be rotated ineither direction, thus imparting rotation to the shaft 28 which in turnrotates the stub shaft 17, which in turn rotates the standard 11 andthereby moving the table in the arc of a circle and in various adjustedpositions With relation to the bed.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described including a standard, a gear carriedby the standard, a stub shaft having gears at opposite ends, one of thegears meshing with the gear of the standard, a drive shaft, a gear ateach end of the drive shaft and one of the gears meshing with the freegear of the stub shaft, a crank handle having a gear meshing with thegear on the free end of the drive shaft whereby upon rotational movementof the crank, the drive shaft, stub shaft and standard will be rotated,and an arm rotatably supported by the standard and having a ard, a driveshaft, gears at each end of the 4' drive shaft and one of the gearsmeshing with the gear on the free end of the stub shaft, a crank, a gearcarried by the crank meshing with the gear on the free end of the driveshaft for causing the rotation of the 5 drive shaft, stub shaft andstandard, and means for removably supporting the stub shaft anddriveshaft to a bed, as and for the purpose specified. V

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature 5 in presence of twoWitnesses.

YOSHEP LUBAS. Witnesses: V I

NELLIE JAMEs, ILDA SCANNELL.

Copies of. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

